Urodynamic parameters do not correlate with ultrasound bladder measurements in postmenopausal women with urinary stress incontinence

The usefulness of endosonography in the differential diagnosis of urinary i ncontinence remains a matter of controversy. We have attempted to correlate in 32 postmenopausal women with stress incontinence, selected urodynamic p arameters with the thickness of the urinary bladder wall and the residual u rine volume measured by means of vaginal ultrasound probe. Our study failed to reveal any significant relationship between the studied ultrasound vari ables and urodynamic parameters such as detrussor pressure, first sensation volume, strong sensation volume, static and dynamic maximal urethral closi ng pressure. The diagnostic value of sonographic bladder evaluation in post menopaual women suffering from stress incontinence? remains to be proven.